The Parish Church is dedicated to St. George and is at least the third, and possibly the fourth building on the site. Hutchins in 'The History of Dorset' describes the church as "an ancient building, consisting of a chancel, body, and two aisles, whereof the north is a small one belonging to Wilkswood farm, and was probably a chapel made use of by that priory: the south aisle is of equal length with the body of the church." On the west wall the remains of a chapel built about 1290 can be seen and the embattled tower was added in the 15th century. |
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Langton
Matravers, a charming village consisting
of old stone cottages and houses in the Isle of
Purbeck is 4 miles S.E. of Corfe Castle and 2 miles
inland from Swanage. In 1851 it comprised of 3,400 acres
with various soils and overlying chalk. The oldest
occupation in Langton Matravers was farming however the
quarrying and cutting of the local limestone has been
important since Roman times.
